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| Agoro | Bayer | CIBO | Corteva | ESMC | Gradable | Indigo | Nori | SWOF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYMENTS | |||||||||
| Per output |
√ |
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√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Per practice | √ | ||||||||
| CREDIT ISSUANCE AND REGISTRATION | |||||||||
| External Registry | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||
| Own Registry | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||
| AGRONOMIC PLANS | |||||||||
| Approved methodology by external registries | D* | √ | |||||||
| Methodology under consideration by external registries | √ | √ | D* | √ | |||||
| ADDITIONALITY | |||||||||
| Practices not previously implemented on farm | √ | √ | √ | D* | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| % Project area in new practices < threshold | D* | √ | |||||||
| ESTIMATION METHODS | |||||||||
| Salus model | D* | √ | |||||||
| COMET-Farm model | D* | √ | √ | ||||||
| DNDC model | D* | D* | √ | ||||||
| OpTis model | D* | D* | √ | ||||||
| Own proprietary model | √ | D* | √ | √ | |||||
| Soil tests | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| PRACTICE VERIFICATION | |||||||||
| Remote sensing | √ | D* | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Random site visits | D* | D* | √ | ||||||
| Integration with farm machinery | D* | D* | √ | ||||||
| Third party verification | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
| Internal verification | √ | √ | √ | ||||||
| Verification paid by farmers | √ | ||||||||
| PURCHASE AGREEMENT | |||||||||
| Pre-issuance of credit | D* | D* | √ | √ | |||||
| Post-issuance of credit | √ | D* | √ | D* | √ | √ | √ | ||
| CREDIT BUFFERS | |||||||||
| <100-year buffer | √ | ||||||||
| ≥ 100-year buffer | D* | D* | √ | √ | |||||
| LOOK -BACK PAYMENT | √ | √ | √ |
D* - The answer depends on the registries ultimately used to issue carbon credits.
Adapted from: Plastina, A. 2022. The U.S. Voluntary Agricultural Carbon Market: Where to from here? Farm Foundation Issue Report, May 2022. Farm Foundation.org